Vacuolar proton pyrophosphatase activity and pyrophosphate (PP(i)) in Toxoplasma gondii as possible chemotherapeutic targets

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 349, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 737-745

  Rodrigues, Claudia O ^a   Scott, David A ^a   Bailey, Brian N ^a   De Souza, Wanderley ^a,b   Benchimol, Marlene ^a,c   Moreno, Ben ^a   Urbina, Julio A ^a,d   Oldfield, Eric ^a   Moreno, Silvia N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

31P NMR; Acidocalcisome; Apicomplexan; Bisphosphonates

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTISERUM; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HYDROGEN POTASSIUM ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; NIGERICIN; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORUS 31; PYROPHOSPHATE; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SODIUM; VANADATE SODIUM; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACIDIFICATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTON SODIUM EXCHANGE; PROTON TRANSPORT; SODIUM TRANSPORT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0034254814     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/bj3490737     Document Type: Article

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